Directed by:
Henry LevinScreenplay:
Nat PerrinCinematography:
William E. SnyderCast:
Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Melville Cooper, Audrey Long, Mary Wickes, John Ridgely, Tippi Hedren, Lyn Thomas, Movita, Jean Willes (more)Plots(1)
Back in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, artist George Petty was famous for his "Petty Girl" illustrations; lovingly detailed renderings of ripe young damsels wearing next to nothing, and sometimes not even that. In The Petty Girl, George Petty is portrayed by Robert Cummings, while Joan Caulfield co-stars as strait-laced college professor Victoria Braymore. The plot contrives to have Petty abandon his nubile creations in favor of avant-garde art, all because he's been told to do so by his new patroness (Audrey Long). Somewhere along the way, Petty and the prim Miss Braymore find themselves in a compromising situation at a Greenwich Village nightclub. Thus it is only a matter of time before Petty goes back to the sort of artwork he does best, and Miss Braymore loosens her inhibitions -- and everything else -- to serve as Petty's latest model. Incredibly, this amusing exercise in old-fashioned male chauvinism was based on a story by novelist Mary McCarthy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Gino Corrado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471074_8c3e28.jpg)
Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunrise (1927)
Fury (1936)
![Jack Chefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482546_09841b.jpg)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
![Barry Norton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274826_3820b1.jpg)
Barry Norton
Argentina
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Casablanca (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Ian Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228284_eaf71d.jpg)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Ray Teal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948615_91c282.jpg)
Ray Teal
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Tim Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935032_4efdf3.jpg)
Tim Ryan
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
The Stratton Story (1949)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Dorothy Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893450_70195d.jpg)
Dorothy Vaughan
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
![Sarah Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559673_70cf0c.jpg)
Sarah Edwards
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Mona Knox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484168_196f6c.jpg)
Mona Knox
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
![John Bleifer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/964/160964297_2e40c5.jpg)
John Bleifer
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
![Philip Van Zandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/765/160765025_f61bda.jpg)
Philip Van Zandt
Netherlands
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Gilda (1946)
Life with Father (1947)
![Don Dillaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/913/160913817_e6d55a.jpg)
Don Dillaway
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Carl M. Leviness
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Killing (1956)
![Tom Stevenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015313_b0e6b0.jpg)
Tom Stevenson
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Vivian Mason
USA
Best movies:
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
White Christmas (1954)
Edward Clark
Russia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
![Frank Orth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462958_6a50f4.png)
Frank Orth
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)